Industry News
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Tom Hayes, the former trader who was a face of the global Libor-rigging scandal before his conviction was overturned in July, sued his former employer UBS for more than $400 million, saying the Swiss bank cast him as the “evil …
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HSBC Holdings said on Monday it would book a $1.1 billion provision in its third-quarter results after losing part of an appeal in a long-running lawsuit tied to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, history’s biggest ever such fraud. HSBC acted as …
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was sued by a group of young people who claim the pension fund is putting their benefits in jeopardy by mismanaging climate-related financial risks. Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Ravneet Singh and Chloe Tse, who …
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Johnson & Johnson has seen a 17% jump in new lawsuits claiming its iconic baby powder causes cancer after the company’s latest attempt to force a global settlement was thrown out of bankruptcy court. J&J is facing approximately 73,570 suits …
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The Certified Automotive Parts Association elected five new members to its board of directors, including two insurer representatives. The new CAPA members are: Brian Burbridge from Caliber Collision; David Garner from Joe Hudson’s Collision Center; Kayla Williams-Clark from Classic Collision; …
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PepsiCo has resolved a lawsuit accusing it of falsely marketing its Gatorade protein bars as good for you, though they contain more sugar than protein and more sugar than Snickers bars and chocolate-frosted Dunkin’ donuts. U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts …
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U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said it had restored operations after a technology outage that grounded flights across the country and forced it to cancel more than 400 flights, disrupting travel for more than 49,000 passengers. Alaska Air Group said it …
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Cyber analytics firm CyberCube said losses from the Amazon Web Services outage could eclipse $580 million. CyberCube late last week put out a preliminary global insured loss estimate of between $38 million and $581 million for the AWS event, which …
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding its probe into 286,000 General Motors vehicles in the U.S. over a possible engine failure issue, the safety regulator said on Monday, following several complaints, despite a recall. The NHTSA said the …
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